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Orphaned at an early age, Pauline Campbell had worked hard for her goal until a killer ended her dreams.

The bludgeoned blonde beer money murder. It was a few minutes after midnight as Sally O'Shea hurried homeward from her night shift at the hospital.

The brisk chill of a spring night penetrated her thin nurse's uniform and quickened her steps.

At this hour, the streets of Ann Arbor were virtually deserted,

as were the walks of the nearby University of Michigan campus, which Sally crossed on her way home.

She was still a block from her Anne Street apartment when she heard footsteps nearing rapidly from

behind.

The young nurse turned apprehensively and saw youth wearing a tan coat approaching her.

Suddenly, he lifted his arm and struck her on the head.

Sally felt herself being shoved into some shrubbery beside the street.

She screamed and her assailant fled.

Sally then did something that many women in similar circumstances do only too seldom.

She promptly reported the attack to authorities.

It is well known to law officers that women victims of attacks or attempted attacks,

fearing embarrassment, frequently prefer to remain silent.

The report was made in the early morning of May 14, 1951. The young man had approached casually and appeared nonchalant, Sally told

Ann Arbor Police. Just as he got near me, he swung his arm and hit me with something, she said.

She could not say definitely what the object was, but thought it might have been a rock, which was later found near the point where the incident occurred.

She could give no description other than that her attacker was young and wore a tan coat.

In the dark and in her terror, she had noticed no salient physical feature which would help authorities to track him down.

With so little to go on, the police were handicapped in their search, and some were passed

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